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“If they have different defenders we can play in a different way. Hopefully we will find a way to cause them problems.

“The pressure we had on them in their box means we were disappointed not to win the game but the performance was really pleasing.

“They will be looking to give a better account of themselves than they did last week. At times they showed the slickness of their passing and their movement.

“I know they said there were really happy with their level of performance but our performance was far better than theirs and they are capable of playing far better.

Jonny Hayes scoring the equaliser for Aberdeen in their Europa League clash against Maribor

“They don’t lose many games at home. They maybe don’t have the biggest crowd but they make a hell of a noise.”

McInnes and his squad were hit with travel disruption again after their flight to Slovenia was delayed by three hours yesterday.

It comes after they suffered a six-hour wait following plane problems before the last qualifying round against Latvians Ventspils.

McInnes said: “We were always going to train at Pittodrie in the morning so the players had to change their itinerary, have their lunch in Scotland, fly in and head straight to the hotel. These things happen.”

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Meanwhile, the Dons bos won’t be signing Ugandan Khalid Aucho after his trial stint at Pittodrie. The midfielder jetted back to Africa as Aberdeen headed to eastern Europe.

McInnes said: “The invitation was to work with us in pre-season but because of the difficulties he had with his visa when he did arrive we were in the middle of the European games so our training has been different.

“From what we have seen he is certainly a capable player but not the sort that would complement what we have.”